Table C-1. Library Sense Data and associated ASC/ASCQs (continued)
Sense
Key ASC ASCQ Description Required Action
B 49h 00h Invalid message error A command failed because an invalid
message was received by the drive.
Failure Isolation Procedure
If the problem persists, go to Fixing SCSI
Bus Problems.
B 4Ah 00h Command phase error A command could not be executed because
too many parity errors occurred during the
Command phase.
Failure Isolation Procedure
If the problem persists, go to Fixing SCSI
Bus Problems.
B 4Bh 00h Data phase error A command could not be executed because
too many parity errors occurred during the
Data phase.
Failure Isolation Procedure
If the problem persists, go to Fixing SCSI
Bus Problems.
B 4Eh 00h Overlapped commands attempted An initiator attempted to send a command
to the drive even though it already had
another command being processed in the
drive.
Failure Isolation Procedure
If the problem persists, go to Fixing SCSI
Bus Problems.
4 53h 00h A drive did not load or unload a tape. An attempt to load or eject the cartridge
failed.
Failure Isolation Procedure
See “Contacting IBM Technical Support” on
page 9-15.
4-5 *53h *01h A drive did not unload a cartridge.
5 *53h *02h Medium removal prevented.
5 53h 81h I/O Station door is open.
4 53h 82h Cannot lock the I/O Station.
4 53h 83h Cannot unlock the I/O Station
4 *83h *00h Label too short or too long
5 *83h *02h Barcode label questionable
5 *83h *03h Cell status and barcode label questionable
5 *83h *04h Data transfer element not installed.
5 *83h *05h Data transfer element is varied off and
not accessible for library operations.
Appendix C. Sense Data C-7